Cerita Rakyat Bahasa Inggris : Why The Sea Is Salty
Friday, April 11, 2014
Cerita Rakyat Bahasa Inggris : Why The Sea Is Salty - Kenapa air laut asin?? Hanyoo bingung dah tuh. Air laut asin disebabkan oleh air hujan yang turun di daratan. Lah ko?? Eiitss tunggu penjelasan kelar dulu. Air hujan yang turun di daratan pasti akan meresap ke dalam tanah dan sedikit demi sedikit akan keluar melalui sungai yang pada akhirnya bermuara ke laut. Nah, saat perjalanan ke laut tersebutlah air dari daratan membawa garam-garam mineral menuju ke laut. Ketika air laut menguap karena panas, garam-garam minaral tersebut tidak ikut menguap bersama air. Garam-garam mineral tersebut tetap tinggal di laut. Itu lah mengapa air laut itu asin.
Nah ternyata, terdapat sebuah cerita rakyat yang juga bercerita tentang bagaimana air laut asin. Cerita rakyat tersebut berasal dari Korea sana. Pada kesempatan kali ini, mencoba menampilkan cerita rakyat tersebut dalam bahasa Inggris beserta terjemahannya. Semoga bermanfaat. Check this out!!!
Why The Sea Is Salty
Hundreds of years ago there was a king who had a very unusual stone hand mill. It looked like any other stone hand mill but it had special powers. All one had to do was say what one wanted and turn it and out would come what had been requested. If gold was requested, gold would come out. If rice was requested, rice would come out. Whatever was requested, the small hand mill would produce it.
A thief made up his mind to steal the hand mill because once he had heard of it he couldn't get it out of his mind. For days and days he thought about how to steal it but he could not come up with a plan.
Then one day he dressed like a scholar and visited a court official who had access to the royal palace. They chatted about this and that and finally the thief said, "I heard that the King buried his strange hand mill in the ground because he doesn't trust his ministers."
"What's that? The King doesn't trust his ministers? Where did you hear such talk?"
"That's what they say in the countryside," said the thief, happy he had sparked the man's interest. "They say the King dug a deep hole and buried the hand mill because he is so afraid that someone will steal it."
"That's nonsense!" said the official. "The King's hand mill is beside the lotus pond in the inner court."
"Oh, is that so?" said the thief, trying to control his excitement.
"No one would dare try to steal the King's hand mill," said tht official. "Who would even think of trying when the thing is lying right beside the lotus pond where there is always lots of people coming and going."
The thief was so excited that all he could say was "Yes" and "That's right" until he was able to leave.
For many days the thief studied the situation. Then one very dark night, he climbed the palace wall and stole the hand mill from beside the lotus pond.
He was brimming with pride and confidence as he made his way back to the wall. But once outside the palace, he was overcome with fear of being discovered. His heart skipped a beat every time he met someone on the street. He decided to steal a boat and go to his hometown to hide because he knew that once the theft was discovered, everyone in the city and on the roads would be questioned.
Once at sea the thief lay back against the bow of the boat and laughed. Then he began to sing and dance as he thought about how rich he was going to be. Then he thought about what to request from the hand mill. He did not want to ask for something common and easy to obtain.
"Salt! Salt!" he suddenly shouted. "I'll ask for salt! Everyone needs salt. I can sell it and become a rich man. I'll be tht richest man in the country."
He fell down on his knees and began turning the hand mill, singing as he did, Salt! Salt! Make some salt! Then he began dancing and singing about being a rich man.
And the hand mill kept turning and turning. Salt spilled over the sides of the small boat but the thief just kept dancing and singing and laughing, all the time thinking about the big house he was going to have and the numerous servants who would serve him lavish meals.
Finally the boat was so full of salt that it sank to the bottom of the sea. And, since no one has ever told the hand mill to stop, it is still turning and making salt, which is why the sea is salty.
Nah ternyata, terdapat sebuah cerita rakyat yang juga bercerita tentang bagaimana air laut asin. Cerita rakyat tersebut berasal dari Korea sana. Pada kesempatan kali ini, mencoba menampilkan cerita rakyat tersebut dalam bahasa Inggris beserta terjemahannya. Semoga bermanfaat. Check this out!!!
Why The Sea Is Salty
Hundreds of years ago there was a king who had a very unusual stone hand mill. It looked like any other stone hand mill but it had special powers. All one had to do was say what one wanted and turn it and out would come what had been requested. If gold was requested, gold would come out. If rice was requested, rice would come out. Whatever was requested, the small hand mill would produce it.
A thief made up his mind to steal the hand mill because once he had heard of it he couldn't get it out of his mind. For days and days he thought about how to steal it but he could not come up with a plan.
Then one day he dressed like a scholar and visited a court official who had access to the royal palace. They chatted about this and that and finally the thief said, "I heard that the King buried his strange hand mill in the ground because he doesn't trust his ministers."
"What's that? The King doesn't trust his ministers? Where did you hear such talk?"
"That's what they say in the countryside," said the thief, happy he had sparked the man's interest. "They say the King dug a deep hole and buried the hand mill because he is so afraid that someone will steal it."
"That's nonsense!" said the official. "The King's hand mill is beside the lotus pond in the inner court."
"Oh, is that so?" said the thief, trying to control his excitement.
"No one would dare try to steal the King's hand mill," said tht official. "Who would even think of trying when the thing is lying right beside the lotus pond where there is always lots of people coming and going."
The thief was so excited that all he could say was "Yes" and "That's right" until he was able to leave.
For many days the thief studied the situation. Then one very dark night, he climbed the palace wall and stole the hand mill from beside the lotus pond.
He was brimming with pride and confidence as he made his way back to the wall. But once outside the palace, he was overcome with fear of being discovered. His heart skipped a beat every time he met someone on the street. He decided to steal a boat and go to his hometown to hide because he knew that once the theft was discovered, everyone in the city and on the roads would be questioned.
Once at sea the thief lay back against the bow of the boat and laughed. Then he began to sing and dance as he thought about how rich he was going to be. Then he thought about what to request from the hand mill. He did not want to ask for something common and easy to obtain.
"Salt! Salt!" he suddenly shouted. "I'll ask for salt! Everyone needs salt. I can sell it and become a rich man. I'll be tht richest man in the country."
He fell down on his knees and began turning the hand mill, singing as he did, Salt! Salt! Make some salt! Then he began dancing and singing about being a rich man.
And the hand mill kept turning and turning. Salt spilled over the sides of the small boat but the thief just kept dancing and singing and laughing, all the time thinking about the big house he was going to have and the numerous servants who would serve him lavish meals.
Finally the boat was so full of salt that it sank to the bottom of the sea. And, since no one has ever told the hand mill to stop, it is still turning and making salt, which is why the sea is salty.
Mengapa Air Laut Asin
Ratusan tahun yang lalu ada seorang raja yang memiliki batu gilingan tangan yang sangat tidak biasa. Itu tampak seperti batu gilingan tangan lain tetapi memiliki kekuatan khusus. Orang hanya mengucapkan apa yang dia inginkan dan batu tersebut akan meubahnya dan mengabulkan apa yang diminta. Jika emas yang diminta, emas akan keluar. Jika beras diminta, beras akan keluar. Apa pun yang diminta, gilingan tangan kecil tersebut akan memproduksinya.
Seorang pencuri memutuskan untuk mencuru gilingan tangan tersebut karena suatu ketika dia telah mendengar tentang itu, dia tidak dapat mendapatkannya tanpa pemikirannya. Berhari-hari dia berpikir tentang bagaimana mencurinya tetapi dia tidak dapat mendatangkan rencana.
Kemudian suatu hari ia berpakaian seperti seorang sarjana dan mengunjungi seorang pejabat pengadilan yang memiliki akses ke istana kerajaan. Mereka berbincang-bincang mengenai ini dan itu dan akhirnya si pencuri tersebut berkata "saya dengar bahwa sang raja mengubur gilingan tangan anehnya di tanah karena tidak percaya pada mentrinya."
"Apa apaan itu? Raja tidak mempercayai mentrinya? Darimana kamu mendengar percakpaan seperti itu?"
"Itulah yang mereka katakan di pedesaan," kata si pencuri, senang karena dia telah memicu minat para pria itu. "Mereka mengatakan Raja menggali lubang yang dalam dan mengubur pabrik tangan karena dia begitu takut bahwa seseorang akan mencurinya."
"Itu omong kosong!" kata pejabat itu. "gilingan tangan Raja adalah di samping kolam teratai di pelataran dalam."
"Tidak ada yang berani mencoba untuk mencuri gilingan tangan Raja," kata pejabat itu. "Siapa yang berpikir untuk mencoba mencurinya ketika benda tersebut tergletak tepat di samping kolam teratai dimana selalu banyak orang berlalulalang."
Pencuri itu sangat gembira yang dia hanya katakan cuma "ya" dan "betul itu" sampai akhirnya dia pergi.
Selama berhari-hari banyak pencuri mempelajari situasi. Lalu pada suatu malam yang sangat gelap, dia memanjat dinding istana dan mencuri gilingan tangan dari samping kolam teratai.
Dia penuh dengan rasa bangga dan percaya diri saat dia kembali ke dinding. Tapi begitu di luar istana, dia sedang diliputi rasa takut dipergoki. Jantungnya berdetak kencang setiap kali dia bertemu seseorang di jalan. Dia memutuskan untuk mencuri sebuah perahu dan pergi ke kampung halamannya untuk bersembunyi karena dia tahu suatu ketika pencurian tersebut akan diketahui, setiap orang di kota dan di jalan akan bertanya-tanya.
Setelah di laut pencuri berbaring di haluan perahu dan tertawa. Kemudian ia mulai menyanyi dan menari saat dia berpikir tentang bagaimana dia akan menjadi kaya. Kemudian dia berpikir ingin meminta apa dari gilingan tersebut. Dia tidak ingin minta untuk sesuatu yang biasa dan mudah untuk di peroleh.
"Garam, garam!" ia tiba-tiba berteriak. "Aku akan meminta garam. Setiap orang membutuhkan garam. Saya bisa menjualnya dan menjadi orang kaya. Saya akan menjadi orang terkaya di negara ini."
Dia berlutut dan mulai memutar gilingan tangan tersebut, bernyanyi seperti yang dia lakukan, Garam! Garam! Buatlah garam! Lalu dia mulai menari dan bernyanyi tentang menjadi orang kaya.
Dan gilingan tangan tersebut terus berputar dan berputar. Garam tumpah dari sisi-sisi perahu kecil tersebut tapi pencuri terus menari dan bernyanyi dan tertawa, yang terus dipikirkan hanylah dia akan memiliki rumah yang besar dan banyak pelayan yang akan menghidanghkan makanan-makanan mewah.
Akhirnya perahu itu pun begitu penuh dengan garam dan tenggelam ke dasar laut. Dan, karena tak seorang pun menyuruh gilingan tangan tersebut untuk berhenti, gilingan tersebut masih berputar dan terus membuat garam, itu lah mengapa air laut itu asin.
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